8 years

stub1969
stub1969 Member Posts: 973 Member
edited August 7 in Kidney Cancer #1

Hello again! I had my scans yesterday and everything (kidney-wise) came back clear. Just click on my icon to view my history. They did see a little blip in my small intestine and will follow up with GI. I'm glad to see "Bay", "Donna", "Jazzgirl", "Lobbyist" and others still providing wisdom and support. Sorry, I've been gone for so long. Life is just busy. My youngest daughter just graduated from high school and was recruited to play basketball in college. We'll be putting some miles on to watch her play:)

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  • Deanie0916
    Deanie0916 Member Posts: 620 Member
    #2

    Hi Stub! Great news on your scans! Congratulating your daughter! How exciting! Thanks for checking in.

  • stub1969
    stub1969 Member Posts: 973 Member
    #3

    From one 2016 to another….Thanks for the comment. I do appreciate it. Just to touch base again, I read through your profile and see you've had one heck of a ride. I, too, had my thyroid taken out because of cancer. Mine was found during my baseline scans for my kidney lesion. Surgery was a month after my kidney partial.

    I go in for a PET scan the first week of November to see if that spot in my small intestine lights up. They did compare this spot to scans from two years ago and from three years ago. It wasn't visible two years ago (they think it was blocked somehow), but it was present on the scan from three years ago. Back then it was the same size as it is now, which is less than a centimeter. The doctor describes it as "tiny". So, if it does light up, I think I'll have some options.

    Again—thanks, Deanie. You take care!

    Stub

  • jazzgirl
    jazzgirl Member Posts: 241 Member
    #4

    Hi Stub! Yes I've been gone a long time as well and have not kept up with my news. I also had my 8 year mark in June with good reports - always a relief. Because of my one-kidney status I still have yearly scans and alternate CT one year and ultrasound the next, with chest x-ray thrown in. Biggest news is that my wife and I moved to Ireland in April for at least a year and hopefully longer; working with the Church of Ireland in Tralee area - if anyone on the discussion board is in the area would love to chat. Many new things to learn here - healthcare being a big one. I will continue to make a US trip each summer to meet with the doc who did my surgery (well, that and jazz camp, retreat, and see friends and relatives there.) Tomorrow I'm doing a charity swim for the local Cancer Recovery Center and hope to volunteer there down the road. Take care All!

  • Allochka
    Allochka Member Posts: 1,066 Member
    #5

    Loooove such news! Congratulations!

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